Whitebrook Farmhouse

Cadw's description

Location

At the eastern entrance to Whitebrook valley and about 400m east of the Church of the Holy Trinity.

History

This house was built in the early/mid C19 as the mill-house of The Glynn paper mill which was active c1800-c1850 and became a farmhouse on the closure of the mill. The section to the left which may have originally had a non-domestic use has since been incorporated into the house.
The surviving relics of the paper mill show The Glynn to have been a small hand mill and this house was presumably the mill owner's house.

Exterior

The house is rendered, presumably over local rubble stone and has a Welsh slate roof. It is a rectangular three bay block with a rear outshut. The original house was a two bay central entry one and the bay to the left beyond the chimney seems to have been added into the house later, it may have had a non-domestic use originally. The entrance has a panelled door in an architrave and with a plain segmental hood over. This is flanked by 8 over 8 pane sashes in elliptical heads with two more above. Plain roof with end stacks. The bay to the left has another sash on the ground floor and a paired one above.
The remains of The Glynn paper mill are on site including the mill pond and dam, the mill-race, the rag tank and sheds and walling.

Interior

The interior was only partly seen at resurvey. It is plain with an altered staircase.

Reason for designation

Included as an early/mid C19 house having an historical connection with the Whitebrook valley paper industry.